Pollyanna Deane

Corporate.

Pollyanna is a partner in the international insurance group in London and leads the team which won the Legal Business Awards "Insurance Team of the Year 2014". She specialises in advising insurance companies and, unusually, advises both life and general insurers on the many aspects of their business. These include business transfers, attributions of inherited estates, mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations, demutualisations and joint ventures. She has been extensively involved in Solvency II projects for both capital management purposes and business preparation. Pollyanna covers the development of new products (including health trusts and financial reinsurance) for insurers, reinsurers and other financial institutions. She has considerable experience in working with service providers, intermediaries, discretionary mutuals and warranty providers covering all regulatory aspects of their business as well as their distribution and marketing arrangements.

Bristol Grammar School; Christ Church, Oxford University (1988 MA jurisprudence); College of Law (1990).